Little Turtle

Little Turtle (1747-14 July 1812) was a chief of the Miami tribe and one of the most famous Native Americans of his time, leading the Indians during the Northwest Indian War of 1791-1795 against the United States.

Biography
Little Turtle was born in 1747 as Michikinikwa, which means "terrapin", hence his English nickname. Little Turtle became a war chief after fighting alongside Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, and his defeat of Augustin de La Balme on 5 November 1780 earned him much fame. After the end of the Revolutionary War, Little Turtle continued to lead resistance to the United States in the Northwest Indian War, in which the Indians won several battles against the US Army in a war to defend their ancestral lands from American colonization. On 4 November 1791, the Battle of the Wabash was the worst American defeat ever suffered at the hands of the Indians, as 623 were killed and 258 wounded by the Indians in the battle. However, in 1794 his army of Indians was defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers by "Mad" Anthony Wayne, and he constantly sought cooperation with the Americans after the war. He died in 1812 from gout and rheumatism.